Exploring GraphQL

As our applications grow larger, our typical APIs sometimes become harder to scale. Dealing with round-trips, custom endpoints and over-fetching becomes part of your life as a developer and slows you down.

Let's explore GraphQL: a declarative and hierarchal way to fetch data, with one endpoint to rule them all.

Marc-Andre Giroux

Shopify

A Jazz guitarist turned developer, Marc-André is currently working at Shopify, trying to make commerce better for everyone. When he's not hacking on Rails, GraphQL or Relay, he likes lifting heavy barbells above his head.